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'''Proverbs from all of [[w:Africa|Africa]].'''

== D ==
* Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.
** English equivalent: Today is yesterday's pupil.
** {{cite book | last1 = Sr, Neil, Neil, Neal | year = 2011 | title = Police Instructor: Deliver Dynamic Presentations, Create Engaging Slides, \& Increase Active Learning | publisher = CreateSpace | page = 245 | isbn=1}}

*Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.
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** Popularized in English by [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]'s 1996 book, ''[[w:It Takes a Village#Proverb question|It Takes a Village]]''. Although sayings with similar purport are found in various African cultures, the authenticity of this expression's African origin is debatable.[http://www.h-net.org/~africa/threads/village.html][http://www.afriprov.org/index.php/african-proverb-of-the-month/23-1998proverbs/137-november-1998-proverb.html]


* '''If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them.'''
** {{cite book|author=Martin H. Manser|title=The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA3|accessdate=15 June 2013|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6673-5|page=3}}⏎
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* It is a bad child who does not take advice.
** English equivalent: Advice most needed is the least heeded.
** {{cite book | last1 = Stone | year = 2006 | title = Routledge Dictionary of World Proverbs | publisher = Taylor \& Francis | page = 8}}

== S ==
* "'''Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'''" (West African proverb)
** Meaning: Be affable, but be sure to have effective punitive measures.
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